# 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 / Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade — 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)

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- Law: 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 (Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade), 昭和二十二年法律第五十四号
- English title "Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6) — address `suppl-4101-81/art-6`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
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### 第六条
<sup>suppl-4101-81/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4101-81/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前に旧法第十五条第二項又は第三項の規定に違反して会社が合併した場合における合併の無効の訴えについては、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4101-81/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4101-81/art-6/par-1</sup>
With regard to an action to have a merger declared invalid in the case where, before the Effective Date, companies merged in violation of Article 15, paragraph (2) or (3) of the Former Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

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- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第八条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4101-81/art-8/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000054/20260521_505AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-11-06
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch antimonopoly-act-20261106T060022-010, translated 2026-11-06
- This site's parser, version 225 — 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06
